A programme ‘Talaash-e-Jauhar: Lecture and Workshop’ held on Sunday at Jabalpur.
It was organized by Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy, Sanskriti Parishad, Department of Culture at Shri Janaki Raman Mahavidyalaya, Aga Chowk, Ranital, Jabalpur.
At the beginning of the programme, the chief guest Abhijat Krishna Tripathi said that the great campaign launched by the Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy in the name of Talaash-e-Juhar to search for budding poets is certainly very commendable. With this initiative, new creators are getting a platform, which will increase their confidence.
On the basis of the joint decision of the jury on the ghazals said by the new composers on the above Egypt, Abdul Anam of Damoh was awarded first, Anjuman Arzoo Mansoori of Chhindwara second and Purnima Singh Iram of Jabalpur with third prize.
After the presentation, in the lecture, senior litterateurs and poets of Jabalpur, Feroz Kamal and Niyaz Ahmed Majaz discussed the nuances of poetry and expressed their views on the basis of the presentation of the participants.
On this occasion Mubeen Zamin Chhindwara, Minhaj Qureshi Seoni, Anish Shah Narsinghpur, Maqbool Niazi Katni, Junaid Akhtar Mandla, Adeeb Damohi Damoh, Adarsh Dubey Sagar also presented their poems. On this occasion Shyam Bairagi Mandla, who took the cleanliness campaign to the masses with his popular song, also gave splendid performance.